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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mark the Hammer" data-source="post: 809540" data-attributes="member: 11138">Early as Ordered!!Key Phrase: "Left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing"Other Ingredients: Her father's eyes, a new moon, "No rest for the wicked"NPC: Alandra Guthkin, 21Others: Belas Guthkin (Brother,21), Roland Guthkin (Father,67)Alandra Guthkin, Female Human Commoner1 Cleric1 CR 1; Size:MType Humanoid; HD (1d4)+(1d8)+2; hp 14; Init -1; Spd Walk 30';AC 9 (flatfooted 9, touch 9)SA: Spontaneous casting,Rebuke Undead 6/day; Vision: Normal AL: NE; Sv: Fort +3, Ref -1, Will +5; Str 9, Dex 9, Con 12, Int 12, Wis 16, Cha 16Skills and Feats: Alchemy +3, Diplomacy +4, Knowledge (Religion) +3, Listen +7, Profession (Innkeeper) +10, Ride +2, Spellcraft +2, Spot +7; Alertness,Armor Proficiency (Heavy) (1x),Armor Proficiency (Light) (1x),Armor Proficiency (Medium) (1x),Shield Proficiency,Simple Weapon Proficiency,Skill Focus (Profession (Innkeeper))Deity: Nerull Domains: Death, Evil Spells PreparedCleric: (3/2+1)0-Detect Poison, Guidance, Inflict Minor Wounds1-Bane, Bless, DoomTHE PASTAlandra and her twin brother Belus grew up in a wealthy household in Mor’s End. Their father, Roland, owned and operated the very successful New Moon Inn. To the outside world Roland was a jovial and kind innkeeper and his children lived a charmed life in the lap of luxury. Though, to his children he was an inpatient slavedriver that belittled their smallest mistakes behind closed doors. He put the two young children in the employ of the inn at an early age. Roland demanded perfection in his inn, as he considered any shortcomings of his inn as a personal reflection on himself.One afternoon Alandra was serving one of the longtime patrons on the inn, when they commented that she has her father’s eyes. The patron meant the comment as a compliment, but her blood boiled. She could not bare the thought that she was anyhow like her father. She threw a drink on the unsuspecting patron for their hurtful words. For her behavior she was severely punished…Alandra and Belus have slaved away in the New Moon for over 15 years under the dictatorship of their father. In those years they learned the ins and outs of every job it took in running an in. Roland thought that he was doing his children a favor by showing them what it took to run a successful inn, but instead it sowed years and years of hatred.RECENTLYThe brother and sister now run the New Moon on a daily basis, but their father takes the Lion’s share of the profits leaving them with very little. Their father’s training was successful though, they one of the finest inns in Mor’s End, but they are not happy. One day seemingly their prayers were answered; Roland feel deathly ill and for months he lingered on the edge of death. Eventually he did recover, much to the disappointment of the children.CURRENTLYAlandra hoped and prayed at night that something would change the situation that she was in. Finally someone answered her prayers. It began as dark whispers in the night and it slowly progressed into grand promises of thing to come. Nerull courted Alandra, if she swore to serve him as one of his clerics he would give her the knowledge and power to kill her father, allowing Belus and herself to run the inn. Eventually Alandra gave into the temptation and secretly became a follower of Nerull. Unbeknownst to Alandra though, the dark lord also seduced her brother into his service.For Nerrull’s twisted entertainment he decided to play a little game with the brother and sister. He inspired both of them to poison their father. He carefully choose the poisons that they both were to use. When the two poisons are used in conjunction with each other they actually promoted the healing of Roland, instead of killing him. Alandra has been poisoning her father’s meals on an daily basis and Belus has been poisoning his father’s drinks. (The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing.) Neither has told the other of their dire plans, fearful of the others reaction.  Unknowingly of course, that they are actually making their father better.Roland feels better now than he has in twenty years. He can’t explain it, but it is something that he tells his children on a daily basis. As the saying goes, there is no rest for the wicked, so both children are frantically searching for a new and more powerful poison to kill their father with. They are furious that their efforts have been wasted and dread each day that they must live under their fathers servitude. They are much too fearful of Roland, the man that they have served for all of their lives to openly confront him and kill him.To the patrons of the inn, Alandra is a charming and witty woman. She is 21 and seemingly at the top of the world. (They do not know that her father keeps nearly all of the profits leaving her and Belas neary broke.) Alandra’s main focus is the daily running of the inn, keeping it up to her fathers standard is a full time job. She is in charge of the kitchen and wait staff, while her brother runs the bar and is in charge of keeping up the supplies.She wants to kill her father for multiple reasons. Mainly she can no longer live under his thumb. Even though Roland does not run the New Moon on a daily basis, he still rules his children with an iron fist. He is quick to remind him that the New Moon is his inn, not theirs. Their employment there is voluntary, if they do not like it then they cane leave. Secondly she cannot bare to see the fruit of her hard and long labors going to her father when her and her brother barely have enough money to survive on. If they did not love and eat at the inn, they would be destitute. Finally she has grown to be greedy. She has gone without “her fair share” for such a long time she feels that she deserves the inn and all its revenues.PC Hooks: Rumors of Roland’s miraculous health spread throughout Mor’s End. Roland eats all of his meals in the New Moon and attributes it to it (he is still a shrewd innkeeper and he sees this as a way to bring in more business). A wealthy fishmonger sends the PCs to investigate to see if the rumors are true. His health is failing and he is desperate to try anything. Perhaps the PCs take only his food or his drink and it kills the fishmonger… Alandra needs the PCs to retrieve a heart of a beast (CR dependent on the party). She tells them that it is for her father, she has been making an elixir for him that has been helping him retain his youth. When it is actually a component to make one of her poisons more potent. One of the cooks accidently use one of Alandra’s poisons as an ingrediant and it kills/sickens 10-20 people in the inn. An interested party sends the PCs to investigate what went wrong at the inn.Belas Guthkin, Male Human Commoner1 Cleric1 CR 1; Size:MType Humanoid; HD (1d4)+(1d8)+2; hp 14; Init +1; Spd Walk 30';AC 11 (flatfooted 10, touch 11)SA: Spontaneous casting,Rebuke Undead 5/day; Vision: Normal AL: NE; Sv: Fort +3, Ref +1, Will +5; Str 14, Dex 12, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 16, Cha 14Skills and Feats: Alchemy +2, Diplomacy +4, Knowledge (Religion) +2, Listen +5, Profession (Innkeeper) +10, Ride +2, Spellcraft +1, Spot +5; Armor Proficiency (Heavy) (1x),Armor Proficiency (Light) (1x),Armor Proficiency (Medium) (1x),Endurance,Shield Proficiency,Simple Weapon Proficiency,Skill Focus (Profession (Innkeeper))Possessions:Deity: NerullDomains: Death, Trickery Cleric: (3/2+1) 0- Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Purify Food and Drink 1- Curse Water, Inflict Light Wounds, Random ActionRoland Guthkin, Male Human Commoner1 Expert3 CR 3; Size:M Type Humanoid; HD (1d4)+(3d6)-4; hp 12; Init +2; Spd Walk 30'; AC 12 (flatfooted 10, touch 12) SA: ; Vision: Normal AL: NE; Sv: Fort +0, Ref +3, Will +6; Str 10, Dex 15, Con 8, Int 14, Wis 13, Cha 16 Skills and Feats: Bluff +5, Diplomacy +7, Gather Information +6, Innuendo +3, Intimidate +10, Knowledge (Local) +9, Listen +8, Profession (Innkeeper) +10, Ride +3, Spot +7; Alertness,Armor Proficiency (Light) (1x),Iron Will,Simple Weapon Proficiency,Skill Focus (Profession (Innkeeper))</blockquote>

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